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I have been here a few times now since it opened, and it’s definitely the most authentically Chinese experience around East London. It serves Chinese, as in mainland China food, as opposed to the more Hong Kong kind of stuff that we’re more used to around Chinatown. About 98% of the crowd are Mandarin speaking, and there is often a big queue of people outside, jabbering and jostling in a very un-English way. It’s situated about 5 minutes walk down (away from Shoreditch) Bethnal Green Road, and the food is brilliant. It’s oily, salty, sometimes too hot and very very tasty.
The staff speak hardly any English and don’t really do service, and the English menu is not very descriptive, so unless you know the dishes, it’s a bit of a lottery. Prices without booze, about 10 quid a head. Highly recommended.
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Gourmet San, 261 Bethnal Green Road, E2
